Under normal circumstances, Feng Quan is reluctant to spend skill points to buy [Status Recovery Potion] to restore his physical state. After all, as long as he eats a lot of nutritious food and enough rest time, his physical state will naturally change and slowly improve.

Moreover, for the current Feng Quan, it is becoming more and more difficult to get more skill points than in the previous two years. If it weren't for the World Championships and wanted to hit the 400-meter individual championship, he would definitely be reluctant to spend skill points to buy [Status Recovery Potion].

However, fortunately, breaking the world record and winning the decathlon event allowed Feng Quan to get 8 skill points again, plus after breaking the Asian record in the 400-meter preliminary race, the system rewarded him with 2 skill points, and Feng Quan's total skill points reached 22.

Considering that if he wants to win the 400m and 100m events, he will have to participate in at least the semi-finals and finals of the 400m, as well as the preliminary, semi-final and final of the 100m. As a result, Feng Quan used 3 skill points with some pain, and purchased "3 bottles of [Status Recovery Potion], which increased his physical state value to 91 points, reaching an "excellent" state. In this way, it greatly increases Feng Quan's certainty of defeating Merritt in the semi-finals.

After preparing for the 400m semi-finals, Feng Quan withdrew from the system and fell asleep with a smile on his face.

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Most track and field athletes, even those who are at the top of their individual strength in a particular event, probably don't want to be placed in a "group of death" before the finals begin. As a result, they will not be able to reserve any of their strength in the semi-finals, so as to accumulate as much stamina as possible for the final final.

And for those athletes who can compete for the championship in the world championships, especially in events such as the 400m, which requires a lot of comprehensive ability, even a little extra physical reserve can often determine the final victory or defeat at the last moment of the competition.

But for today's LaSean-Merritt, this is clearly not the case. Especially when he saw that his group actually included Killarney James, the 400m champion at last year's London Olympics, he couldn't help but feel excited.

Although the inability to save his strength in the semi-finals is likely to have some impact on his plans to win the championship, for LaSean Merritt, who has been in excellent form this year and has long been "vengeful", as long as he can beat the arrogant boy from Granada, even if he pays the price of missing out on the championship, he will still not hesitate.

Ahead of the London Olympics a year ago, Lasean-Merritt was considered the top favourite to win the 400m title. However, due to the flu, his competitive form was affected and he was blocked from the finals.

If that's all there is to it, Merritt himself will admit it, after all, maintaining physical health during the competition is also a necessary quality for an elite athlete. Therefore, because of the cold, it affected his competitive state, and he couldn't blame others at all.

However, when Killarney James won the championship in London, the arrogance he showed in an interview with reporters made him bond with Merritt and the entire American athletic world.

At a press conference after that race, a reporter from ESPN questioned the gold content of Killarney James' 400m gold medal at the London Olympics.

The American journalist believes that the reason why Killarney James was able to win the 400m was not because he was strong enough, but because the two top 400m athletes from the United States did not perform well in this competition due to injuries.

Although Americans have always seen that other countries are stronger than themselves and they will habitually suffer from "pink eye", in fact, the American journalist's doubts are not entirely unreasonable. After all, in addition to Merritt catching a cold after arriving in London, Jeremy Variner, another 400m champion of the U.S. track and field team, pulled his thigh muscles during training before leaving for London, resulting in his elimination after the first round of heats.

In fact, before the London Olympics, as long as Merritt and Varina were on the 400m track at the same time, Killarney James would have to compete with other athletes for third place.

In other words, even if Killarney James was able to win the London crown, he never really won the 400m against the two American kings in a race. In addition, Killarney James' time of 43.94 seconds in the final of the London Olympics is not only far from the world record in the event, but also the worst time to win gold in the 400m event in recent Olympic Games.

However, young Killarney James was a little dismissive of the skeptical voices raised by American journalists. In his view, the American journalist's questioning was nothing more than a move to "feel sour when you can't eat grapes."

So, Killarney James, who was sitting in the main seat of the press conference, responded sarcastically: "In the 400-meter run, the era of Americans is over. From now on, I will be the new dominant player in the 400m event, just like Usain Bolt (the 400m final at the London Olympics precedes the 100m final). ”

If that's all there is, Merritt probably wouldn't have cared too much. After all, Killarney James, who was not yet 20 years old at the time and won the Olympic championship in his first Olympic Games, was not a big deal even if he said something big in a spirited manner.

However, when the American reporter expressed his dissatisfaction with Killarney James's "arrogant" remarks and "reminded" him of "goodwill", the Granada guy's answer really made him bond with Merritt.

When an American journalist told him: "Of course, it is right for young people to be confident, but it is better to wait until you have defeated a healthy Merritt before giving your 'enthronement speech'." Afterwards, Killarney-James shot back: "Oh? Merritt? I don't think I saw it among the athletes who competed in the 400m final. ”

This time, not only the reporters from the United States were even more dissatisfied with Killarney James, but even the coach of the Granada team who accompanied him to the press conference felt that it was a bit excessive. So he whispered in his ear to remind him that he should pay attention to proportions when speaking and not let himself make too many enemies.

But what the Granada coach didn't expect was that after his "reminder", Killarney James not only did not have any restraint, but said more intensely: "Oh, I seem to remember, that guy called Merritt doesn't seem to have anything commendable except for being older than me and slightly taller than me (Killarney James is 1.90 meters tall and Merritt is 1.93 meters tall). ”

After a pause, he continued: "Finally, I hope Merritt can stay healthy at next year's World Championships, so that you Yankees can jump out and make irresponsible remarks again." But I believe that even Merritt, who is in good health, can only be my underdog......" 2k reading web